A young and short-statured pony-taur was anxiously trotting across the farm yard. It had been two months since her friend Lotte had gone across the ocean to America to fulfil her life's wish. She had said to her it would've taken some time to acclimate after the operation. Although they had spoken to each other on the phone, it was not the same as having a talk in person. She had missed her neighbour from the farm across the road a lot, but she wouldn't have to wait for much longer; today she would return. She couldn't wait to talk with her friend again, but would she have adapted to the changes already?

She looked towards the small town of Runderveen down the road. Not many people would go down this road, as it only connected to a few farms. But in the distance, she saw a four-legged figure approaching. Even from this far away, she could recognise something familiar: a cow, a coat as brown as chocolate with white patches. She looked a lot like Lotte, but she had only two legs, not four like a taur. And yet... could this really be her? As the figure came closer, the facial features of the cow-taur became clearer, and there was little doubt left that this was indeed her friend. She galloped towards her, not wanting to wait a moment longer to be reunited again.
"LOTTE!" she shouted towards her.
"TRIJNTJE!" Lotte shouted back, picking up pace herself. The two flew into each other's arms as they met in the middle, and hugged each other for a moment.
"I missed you, girl," Trijntje said.
"Me too," Lotte replied.
The two released each other, giving each other space. Lotte seemed to glow, swaying with her lower body.
"So, what do you think," she said.
"Oh, it suits you perfectly!" Trijntje replied, admiring her friends new taur body. "I wonder what the others will think of it."
"Now I fully fit into the Taur Club," Lotte snickered.
"Girl, we always knew you were one deep inside. But now you're your true self."
"Oh, words can't describe how much this means to me! I have been a taur before from time to time thanks to my brother's magic, but after a few days, I would always turned back into the old me on two feet. I wanted a change that lasts."
"Is that even possible?"
"Oh yes! In fact, it was promised to me a few years ago. Those times I've been a taur before, those were try-outs to see if being a taur was really something I wanted. To see if I would change my mind about it. But I didn't. This is who I want to be. So, after becoming eighteen, I got a call from Sabrina from DMT that I had to come to the HQ in Yorktown to get what she promised me."
"I can remember the chopper landing in your farm's fields when you left."
"Yeah, Sabrina isn't exactly subtle," Lotte snickered. "Anyway, we flew to Yorkdown, and I was put into a special Taurformation Chamber for a change that, you know, rewrote the cells my body. When the Taurformation Chamber finished its job, I could barely move my lower body. Everything felt unfamiliar, I had to learn how to walk again. And yet... I cried tears of joy. It felt real, like my soul had come out in this realm and shaped me as who I am inside."
"I'm so happy for you, girl! Truly one of us now."
"Yeah, and our herd at the farm," Lotte smiled. "I can't wait how our cows respond to my changes. Perhaps they will feel more at ease with me now I look more like them, hehe."
"So, how was the recovery?"
"A bit of a struggle. I had a coach that helped me walk again. Anne, wonderful lady! It took me like a week before I could walk somewhat normally, but I still had to think with every step I took. It went better the weeks after, but Sabrina took me on some other trips across the world the past month."
"An adventure? Oh, I'd love to hear about that!"
"Later, with the Club. I'll tell it to you all. So, anything new here?"
"Same old, same old, although... Floris managed to get to the national quarter-finals."
"He did? Wow! Now I definitely wanna see his next boxing match!"
"Puk can arrange some backstage passes for us, I think."
"That would be lovely. So... now that I'm a taur forever... will you be my ... you know ... taur partner?"
"Oh Lotte," Trijtje kissed her friends fully on the lips. "I can't think of a better person for that," she smiled.

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I really wanted to show Lotte after she permanently becomes a taur. This lovely scene is drawn by  The_Draft_Horse, where she proudly shows her new body to her girlfriend Trijntje. In this world, body-dismorphia can be a thing, and Lotte has finally overcome hers with the body she always wanted.
Check out the original here!